Yeah Korean door etiquette is f*cking shocking, slam the doors on the people behind for no apparent reason. How hard is it to hold it open as you walk through? Definitely with you on this one Fritz
Quote from: oglop on March 30, 2018, 01:45:41 pmYou left a fan on at night?haha. that's trueto me this whole non-incident is totally koreanif this happened in england it would go"you left the fan on last night btw, dickhead""ah. sorry. didn't know, you ballbag""it's ok, fookwit"a few days ago i was "scolded" for not "tidying up" the classroom at the end of the day. turns out, there was a single pencil on the floor. this was a big deal for the teacher who used the classroom the next morning. who the hell cares? do these people have nothing more important to get bothered by?Fixed it for authenticity.It's a completely Korean non-event. If you spend enough time with Koreans, you realise that it is exactly how they speak to each other about the smallest non-events. To me, it is really abrasive and I'd never imagine picking up someone on something like that, but then again that's the culture. A couple of Christmases ago, on Christmas Eve in my sister's house, someone left a gap in the snake house. So it escaped into the living room. After fifteen minutes we found it, without anyone being bollocked. Could you imagine how that would go down in a Korean house?
You left a fan on at night?haha. that's trueto me this whole non-incident is totally koreanif this happened in england it would go"you left the fan on last night btw, dickhead""ah. sorry. didn't know, you ballbag""it's ok, fookwit"a few days ago i was "scolded" for not "tidying up" the classroom at the end of the day. turns out, there was a single pencil on the floor. this was a big deal for the teacher who used the classroom the next morning. who the hell cares? do these people have nothing more important to get bothered by?
well, i will out-petty her this year. being petty is what i do best ;)
Quote from: Mister Tim on March 30, 2018, 01:02:29 pmQuote from: oglop on March 30, 2018, 01:01:49 pmi must have accidentally left a fan on low setting after i left the classroom last night. there was just a 4 teacher meeting with the principal and the korean teacher who i teach with in my after school program to find out what happened. now i am, apparently, in "big trouble". err sorry guys, i'll pay the 50won electricity fee if that's what the problem is You left a fan on at night?You could've killed someone!haha. that's trueto me this whole non-incident is totally koreanif this happened in england it would go"you left the fan on last night btw""ah. sorry. didn't know""it's ok"or, even more likely, it wouldn't have even come up.a few days ago i was "scolded" for not "tidying up" the classroom at the end of the day. turns out, there was a single pencil on the floor. this was a big deal for the teacher who used the classroom the next morning. who the hell cares? do these people have nothing more important to get bothered by?
Quote from: oglop on March 30, 2018, 01:01:49 pmi must have accidentally left a fan on low setting after i left the classroom last night. there was just a 4 teacher meeting with the principal and the korean teacher who i teach with in my after school program to find out what happened. now i am, apparently, in "big trouble". err sorry guys, i'll pay the 50won electricity fee if that's what the problem is You left a fan on at night?You could've killed someone!
i must have accidentally left a fan on low setting after i left the classroom last night. there was just a 4 teacher meeting with the principal and the korean teacher who i teach with in my after school program to find out what happened. now i am, apparently, in "big trouble". err sorry guys, i'll pay the 50won electricity fee if that's what the problem is
Quote from: Dave Stepz on March 30, 2018, 02:03:42 pmQuote from: oglop on March 30, 2018, 01:45:41 pmYou left a fan on at night?haha. that's trueto me this whole non-incident is totally koreanif this happened in england it would go"you left the fan on last night btw, dickhead""ah. sorry. didn't know, you ballbag""it's ok, fookwit"a few days ago i was "scolded" for not "tidying up" the classroom at the end of the day. turns out, there was a single pencil on the floor. this was a big deal for the teacher who used the classroom the next morning. who the hell cares? do these people have nothing more important to get bothered by?Fixed it for authenticity.It's a completely Korean non-event. If you spend enough time with Koreans, you realise that it is exactly how they speak to each other about the smallest non-events. To me, it is really abrasive and I'd never imagine picking up someone on something like that, but then again that's the culture. A couple of Christmases ago, on Christmas Eve in my sister's house, someone left a gap in the snake house. So it escaped into the living room. After fifteen minutes we found it, without anyone being bollocked. Could you imagine how that would go down in a Korean house?it's true. i was trying to explain cultural stuff like this to a friend from the uk. he finally came to visit and before he left he did say "yeah...i get it now". anyway, i figured it out. i met/was confronted by the woman who complained at the end of the day, turns out she's just an utter bitch. she was complaining again, this time that a single chair wasn't tucked in 1cm more, about non-existent dust on the floor, accusing me of changing the layout of the classroom (i didn't), yadda yadda. well, i will out-petty her this year. being petty is what i do best ;)
Cut her handbrake cable.
Quote from: AvecPommesFrites on April 02, 2018, 12:46:58 pmCut her handbrake cable.That escalated.
Quote from: robin_teacher on April 02, 2018, 01:20:29 pmQuote from: AvecPommesFrites on April 02, 2018, 12:46:58 pmCut her handbrake cable.That escalated.Yeah, that really wouldn't be an appropriate thing to do to somebody's brake lines.
Quote from: StillInKorea on April 02, 2018, 01:22:05 pmQuote from: robin_teacher on April 02, 2018, 01:20:29 pmQuote from: AvecPommesFrites on April 02, 2018, 12:46:58 pmCut her handbrake cable.That escalated.Yeah, that really wouldn't be an appropriate thing to do to somebody's brake lines.(Attachment)
it's true. i was trying to explain cultural stuff like this to a friend from the uk. he finally came to visit and before he left he did say "yeah...i get it now". anyway, i figured it out. i met/was confronted by the woman who complained at the end of the day, turns out she's just an utter bitch. she was complaining again, this time that a single chair wasn't tucked in 1cm more, about non-existent dust on the floor, accusing me of changing the layout of the classroom (i didn't), yadda yadda. well, i will out-petty her this year. being petty is what i do best ;)
Co-Teachers: Why weren't you at the curling event in the gym today?Me: Nobody told me?*Sigh*
Quote from: JVPrice on April 02, 2018, 02:40:08 pmCo-Teachers: Why weren't you at the curling event in the gym today?Me: Nobody told me?*Sigh*Ugh. This happened a few months ago. I go into the lunch room and there are 12 paintings along the wall. All portraits. (Spec ed teacher) Kevin, do you know which one I am? Yeah, that's you. Yeah. I painted it. Tell us who the other ones are! Alright, that's X, that one is Y, that's................Q? Yeah, very good. Thanks. haha. You painted all of these? They're pretty good. No............. all of us painted ourselves. (which would explain the vast discrepancy in art styles amongst the paintings haha) We all met last week after lunch in the extra classroom and had a self portrait lesson. You didn't come............... ...... Self portrait lesson? Oh................. ................ NO ONE BLOODY TELLS ME ANYTHING.